Harrisburg College and University Demographics

Harrisburg's 8 colleges and universities offer a total of 140 degree and certificate programs for you to choose from, in fields ranging from restaurant/food services management to clinical/medical laboratory technician to art/art studies, general.

The top-ranked school in Harrisburg is Empire Beauty School-Harrisburg, with a nationwide rank of 76th in 2010. The school has approximately 156 students.
Approximately 100% of students studying at Empire Beauty School-Harrisburg choose to study Beauty, making it the most popular course of study at the school.

Tuition

Although tuition varies from school to school, the average tuition for Harrisburg schools is $6,748 per year.
The Harrisburg school charging the highest tuition rates is Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, which charges students $19,500 per year. The lowest tuition rate in Harrisburg is at Harrisburg Area Community College-Harrisburg, which charges students $3,835 per year in tuition.

Financial Aid

Harrisburg college students received $34,945,324 in grants, loans, and scholarships in 2008. Institutional grants and scholarships accounted for $34,375,807 of the total.
The highest amount of institutional grants and scholarships given to students by a local college was $19,003,822, which was given by Harrisburg Area Community College-Harrisburg.

Harrisburg Student Demographics

In 2010, 24,830 students were enrolled in Harrisburg schools, which was 3% of the total college students in Pennsylvania.
With 22,529 students, Harrisburg Area Community College-Harrisburg had the highest total student enrollment in Harrisburg. On the other hand, with only 28 students, University of Phoenix-Harrisburg Campus had the lowest enrollment in the city.

Graduation and Retention Rates

The retention rate for Harrisburg colleges and universities, which is the percent of students who return to college after their first year, is about 53%.
Approximately 33% of students eventually graduate.
Empire Beauty School-Harrisburg has the highest graduation rate in Harrisburg, with 68% of students graduating. Harrisburg Area Community College-Harrisburg has the lowest rate, with 14% graduating.

Diversity

Of the 24,830 students attending Harrisburg schools, 64% are female.
44 students are over 24 years old for every 100 college students In Harrisburg, .
In 2009, 25% of Harrisburg college students identified themselves as belonging to a racial or ethnic minority.
The Harrisburg school with the highest percentage of minority students was University of Phoenix-Harrisburg Campus, with 65% of students identifying themselves as being from a racial or ethnic minority background.

Harrisburg Faculty Demographics

In 2010, Harrisburg colleges and universities employed a total of 1,756 faculty.
Of these faculty members, 43% were female. 34% identified themselves as belonging to a racial or ethnic minority.

In 2009, Harrisburg colleges and universities had on average of 1 faculty for every 18 students.
Harcum College had 1 faculty for every 1 student. This was the highest faculty to student ratio for schools in Harrisburg.

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